Finding the right Mates, mate ????
Finding the right Mates, mate ????
(OP)
In a large assembly, a single part could end up having many mates. The mates used to locate the part are not always at the top of the mate list & it is often trial & error to find the mate(s) you want. I have sometimes suppressed all the parts below the part in question, so that the dependant mates also get suppressed, leaving a shorter list of mates to search. This can be a problem though when working with configurations with suppressed parts, as you have to remember which parts to resolve.
Anyone have any tips or better workarounds they use.
Anyone have any tips or better workarounds they use.
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RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.
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Alan M. Etzkorn

Product Engineer
Nixon Tool Co.
www.nixontool.com
RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
Doh....Of course!!!!
I do that for almost everything else ... why didn't I think of that for mates?
Thanks.
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RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
Renaming mates is a good idea... but a new recently new feature manager enhancement give us the ability to create folders in the mate group so we can group our mates together..
hope that helps,
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
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mncad
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

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http://www.scottjbaugh.com
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
A hobbit's lifestyle sounds rather pleasant...... it's the hairy feet that turn me off.
RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
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I sooooo know what you mean about that! I learn new ways but still use the old in a lot of respects... have to force myself to use the new way! Guess Im an old dog!
BTW Im jealous of your job title! Myself being a pilot and HUGE aircraft afficianado. I just got an offer from Northrop but I would have to relocate and I cant on account of the children :(
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
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I agree. I didn't know I could do this either. (Disadvantages with learning SW in '97. But there are also some good advantages to knowing work-arounds from that era.)
Very useful tips for huge assemblies with repetitive parts. Thanks all! Stars.
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
Here's some advice I was once given. How to be the world's expert on anything. You just have to be a couple of pages ahead of everyone else in the textbook. If someone asks a question you can't answer, send em' off up a blind alley. By the time they figure out it is not correct and come back, you can look it up, answer it and calmly explain that you misunderstood their question!
I am not suggesting this is good practice of course.....
APPENG: Well, I used to be in weapons years ago so I guess I have gone from killing them to saving them. (Try a Google search on "Chevaline".) It's not a glamorous as you might think. Ours is a neat product though. It does give you the chills to read a pilot's log saying they hit a windshear at 300 feet on takeoff in a B727 cargo and our HGS (tm) guided them through it and on their way without a glitch. Not as spectacular as instantly laying waste to large areas of the world, or spraying indellible purple dye over a bunch of rioters from a safe distance or anything in between - but at least you can talk about what you do for a living without getting a visit from the boogie men.
Back to business: It would be nice if you could hover over a mate listing and it highlighted the mated geometry in the graphics area. Better still if you could select a part either in the tree or graphics area and it highlighted all its mating geometry - maybe I should put in for an enhancement.
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
Forget rich and famous - I want to be rich and unknown.
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Actually it does! I've just realized that in SW04 it is much better than in SW03. When you hover on a mate, it highlights the parts edges & if you single click on the mate, the faces get highlighted. Much clearer than SW03.
Thanks everyone.
FAQ559-863
RE: Finding the right Mates, mate ????
John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics
Forget rich and famous - I want to be rich and unknown.
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If you select more than 1 component when viewing mates, all mates for each component will be shown with mates common to both selected components in bold.
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The reason for this is that it is easier for other useers to find the parameters in the equations list than to sift through the mates or design tables. Another plus is that it is an added safety against accidentally changing a critical dimension.
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